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Is it okay for me to be a solo founder? I have an idea but I am not able to build conviction to hire anyone as a co-founder yet. I think I can manage and scale things alone and I have people who can help me build my startup till a significant scale.

Marc Andreessen on what VCs look for in startups. Venture capital is all about finding startups that stand out. Of the 4,000 startups looking for funding each year, only 200 get backed by top VCs, and just 15 grow to $100M+ in revenue. These 15

Was talking to a founder few days back. Had a healthy talk and there was a line that deeply resonated in me - "VCs don’t fund ideas. They fund inevitabilities. Make your startup something the world can’t ignore." Niket Raj Dwivedi, you are the bes

💥 Kunal Shah – The Rebel Who Built CRED 💥 Dropped out of MBA. Never coded. Never followed rules. Yet built FreeCharge (sold to Snapdeal for $400M) and then CRED (valued at $6B+). While everyone thought loyalty programs were dead, he created CRED—

Jensen Huang: “VCs don’t invest in business plans” Jensen Huang, NVIDIA’s founder, shares powerful advice on raising venture capital. He says: "VCs don’t invest in business plans—they invest in people they trust." This means your reputation and pa

Shopify founder explains what the VCs who passed on Shopify got wrong When Tobi Lütke pitched Shopify to investors, they said no. They thought the market was too small—only 40,000-50,000 online stores existed then. Even if Shopify captured half,

Founders: Protect your equity. VCs have a playbook for valuation that most founders don’t see. Here's a side-by-side look at how they calculate deals differently from you: 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Founder: $3M pre-money → $4M po

You don't pay for a degree. You pay for the peer group. DTU gave me lectures, assignments, and exams. But more than that it gave me 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞. People who challenged me, who exposed me to new ideas. Who made me think beyond just marks and placeme

Welcome to Dark Pool Venture Capital-where ultra-wealthy individuals, family offices, and private funds invest off the record. Not all VC funding makes headlines. Some of it stays in the shadows. Why stay hidden? 1) No public signals, no inflated

𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘆’𝘀 𝗩𝗖 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 Most founders pitch too early—with nothing but an idea. Jack Dorsey did the opposite. At 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫, they had users before raising money. At 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞, they had a workin